CHAPTER 793

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When Jin suddenly lowered his head to express his respect. Ameris, seeming momentarily perplexed, coughed awkwardly. Hedo followed Jin's lead and bowed his head to Ameris.

[Ahem, yes. As expected, my eyes did not deceive me. You are not bad guys after all.]

"Allow me to introduce myself properly again. I am Jin Runcandel, the leader of the Vamel alliance and young patriarch of the 59th patriarch of Runcandel."

"I am a... executive of the Vamel alliance? Jin, am I really an executive?"

"Sir Hedo, if you're not an executive, then who would be?"

"Well, that's true. What's the exact title then?"

"Well, you can consider yourself the Chief of Staff."

"That's fine. I am Hedo, the Chief of Staff of the Vamel alliance and a butler to Lady Sandra. As I mentioned earlier, I don't have a surname."

Ameris smiled at the two, finding them adorable.

[Sandra, huh? Seems like a name for one of the kids outside the pit. Is she the mischievous one or the calm one? Surely not the cat, right?]

"It's the former."

[I bet it wasn't easy. Thanks to that child, you didn't succumb to corruption despite having such power.]

Hedo nodded without fully understanding the meaning behind those words.

There was a moment of silence. Ameris seemed lost in thought, recalling faint memories.

[...Then I should introduce myself. It took some time to recall my memories. I am Ameris, an immortal born with an unfortunate fate. When I was awake, mortals used to call me the Great Serpent.]

"You're not a dragon, I see."

[I am not completely unrelated to Dragons. They are like distant descendants of mine.]

"...You said distant descendants?"

No one knows the exact time when dragons appeared in the world. Not even the dragons themselves knew their beginnings. They only knew that they were created by their respective gods.

According to Ameris, Jin and Hedo had just learned one of the long-held secrets of the world.

[Yes, now that we've introduced ourselves, there's something I want to ask. You mentioned that you're in a position opposing the resurrection of the Sun God, so why did you seek the netherworld that I protect?]

"There is a sect called the Sun God religion currently gaining momentum in the human world. We are in conflict with them, and recently we obtained information that there might be a gateway to the Demon world here. Can I explain the current situation we're facing?"

[Go ahead, I'm listening.]

Jin proceeded to explain the situation in the human world to Ameris.

The contents were about the 'monsters' that began to appear since the Sword Emperor Castle War. It continued with the emergence of the evil god after Glyek's death and an explanation about the Sun God religious sects, which is suspected to be behind the incidents. Naturally, it also included information about the power dynamics of the major clans.

While listening attentively to Jin's story, Ameris occasionally groaned in severe pain, experiencing intense headaches. It was the result of memories resurfacing, mixing and sinking in a chaotic manner.

"...So, we conducted the excavation merely to confirm their existence. Since there is very little information about the Sun God, we thought we should find out something to respond more flexibly to our enemies. Honestly, I didn't expect anything, but that's how we ended up meeting Ms. Ameris."

After finishing the explanation, Ameris nodded slowly.

[I see... I roughly understand your position. I may not be comparable to before I fell asleep, but it seems the human world is in quite a chaotic situation.]

"When exactly did you fall into slumber?"

[I don't remember the exact timing either. However, earlier you mentioned that it is currently the year 1803, and you said that the Plutonian Tribe, who played a significant role in killing the evil god, perished 5000 years ago. Solderet barely managed to seal 77 of them and kept them alive.]

"That's correct."

[It is evident that the time I fell asleep is much earlier than 5000 years ago. Because when this world was divided into two halves, I was given the fate of guarding the boundary between the netherworld and the surface world.]

The "fate of guarding the boundary" mentioned by Ameris was not merely about preventing those who sought the netherworld .

Her fate was to ensure that the nether and the surface could not mix.

[The world split into the surface world and the netherworld after the death of the Sun God Kinzelo. The beings sent to the netherworld are the ones you call demons, and those sent to the surface include humans and other creatures.]

"Why shouldn't they mix?"

[It is because it is the new order. The Sun God has died, and the perfect world he oversaw has disappeared.]

A perfect world.

The Sun God religious sects that Jin had encountered so far believed that if the Sun God were to resurrect, this world would become perfect again. Jin and Hedo continued to listen to Ameris's story while considering that point.

[However, there were those who couldn't bear the sense of loss from transitioning from perfection to imperfection. Naturally, they couldn't accept the new order. Birth and death, beings surpassing their given fates, the disruption of causality, and the crumbling of the old order—all these factors led them to gather in one place, yearning for the resurrection of the Sun God.]

"So, that's how the Sun God religion began. Ms. Ameris, you played the role of preventing those individuals from reaching the netherworld."

[That's correct. However, not all of me acted that way. Among the heads that were part of me, some dreamed of the Sun God's resurrection.]

Ameris revealed that she originally had nine heads. A mysterious entity commonly found in myths across continents—a great serpent with nine heads.

[I had to fight against those heads as well. I personally killed one of those five heads, and the Plutonian Tribe killed another. I'm not sure about the remaining three. They either already perished or are below me, as I haven't sensed their presence.]

"So, what about the other heads who oppose the resurrection of the sun…"

[Four heads, including myself. I am here before you, two of the remaining heads were killed by the Plutonian Tribe at that time. It would be nice if the last head stayed somewhere under the ground.]

From Ameris's perspective, her heads were divided into a form of good and evil. The five heads desiring the Sun God's resurrection were considered evil, while the four heads opposing it were considered good. There are three evil heads and one good that could be alive.

[The beings you mortals call dragons were formed from the deaths of my heads. With those fragments, the new immortals born at that time created dragons.]

"New immortals? Wait, does that mean Ms. Ameris... has existed for longer than the beings referred to as gods today?"

[Recite the names of the gods you know.]

When Jin listed the names of the gods he knew, Ameris shrugged her shoulders.

[All of them, except for Solderet and Klam, are immortal beings I don't know. Well, my memory is not complete, so there may be some among them whom I know.]

"So, we have awakened such Ms. Ameris..."

[Hoho, fearlessly wielding weapons at the tip of my nose. And to tell you a little more about Solderet. He was an immortal who taught me swordsmanship.]

Upon hearing those words, Jin realized why Ameris's swordsmanship felt oddly familiar.

It was because he unconsciously sensed traces of Solderet as his contractor, watching Ameris's swordsmanship.

"Solderet personally taught you swordsmanship... Were you close to him?"

[He was an immortal who adapted to the world's new order. Naturally, he must have been very close to me. When you awakened my joy of the sword, the memory of that joy remained vivid. You said you were his contractor.]

"That's correct."

[Perhaps your meeting with me today was not a mere coincidence but fate.]

"Then I hope it is so. Since our goals align from the start, there will surely come a time when we need to help each other. However, Ms. Ameris."

[Speak.]

"There was one part of your story that was difficult for me to understand. It's about the Plutonian Tribe."

[You're curious about why they killed the heads that held different intentions?]

"Yes."

[It's simple. The Plutonian Tribe at that time... you can think of them as the ancient Plutonian Tribe. Like all other mortals, they were divided into factions: those who sought to resurrect the Sun God and those who tried to prevent it.]

"That seems reasonable."

[The ancient Plutonian Tribe were the only beings capable of freely traversing between the surface world and the netherworld at that time. Of course, I had to engage in battles with them whenever they did so, but sometimes even I had to avoid conflict. They were mortals who were bestowed with immense power.]

Although Ameris didn't directly explain her own power, Jin could clearly speculate that she possessed abilities far beyond what she currently displayed. Even her sparring session with Jin and Hedo was just a glimpse of her true capabilities.

"Bestowed... Does that mean someone else granted power to the ancient Plutonian Tribe?"

[Sun God Kinzelo. The reason why the ancient Plutonian Tribe was so powerful was because the greatest ideals of the Sun God were instilled in them. Consequently, they were divided between those seeking to resurrect the Sun God for even greater power and those accepting the new world.]

[T/L:- 사념 - Ideals or Principles.]

Even the current Plutonian Tribe in Laprarosa had no knowledge of that information. There existed a severed and forgotten history between the ancient Plutonian Tribe mentioned by Ameris and the present-day Plutonian Tribe.

[Perhaps you and the Plutonian Tribe who became your brethren are descendants of the latter group. If the former group had survived until now, the surface would have turned into ashes long ago. Mortals imbued with the ideals of the Sun God naturally lead to the destruction of the surface. However, there are also beings like Hedo who have resisted corruption and temptations.]

"Ms. Ameris, are you saying that the ideals of the Sun God are instilled within me as well?"

[Where do you think the tremendous power you've possessed since your birth came from? If you had grown up wrong, you would have become a notorious villain in the history of the surface. The ideals of the Sun God drive the bearer towards madness and the destruction of the surface. It is in order to find the netherworld and the altar beyond it.]

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